Kubica's replacement... (It's Heidfeld!)

[Bagwan]

Bad news .
It sounds as though we may not see Robert on the grid this year at all .

This will put an end , at least for the next while , to drivers doing any extra-curricular activities that involve more than walking from bare floor to a carpetted section .

He must have been pushing hard , pre-start , to get the feel .
I hope he comes through this with flying colours .

I must confess that I didn't much like him when he came on the scene .
He replaced Jacques , my favourite driver .

But , I have warmed to him over the past couple of seasons as a driver who could get in to mix things up a little , despite not having a car to match the talent .
Now , it looks like he is the one who needs a replacement .

Nephew Senna is not up to the job , but there is a driver available who has loads of experience out there .
He'd fit in nicely , as he knows the team .
They've got his set-ups .
They might even still have one of his seats in the back room somewhere .

The press would be unbelieveable .

Bring back a WDC to replace the driver who replaced him years ago .
Bring Jacques in to replace Robert .

And , Robert , get well soon .

[Tazio]

No! Time to bring Kimi in to champion RK's cause!

[foxystoat]

May aswell get Mansell back as Jacques !
I hope they go with Heidfeld or try and loan Hulkenberg from Force India or even Chandhok.

[gloomyDAY]

Grosjean.

[Tazio]

This is quite a turn of events!

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[DazzlaF1]

Well they have got 4 "Reserve" drivers. (Bruno Senna, Romain Grosjean, Ho-Pin Tung, Jan Charouz) none of them would excite me if I were a Renault fan.

Doesn't really matter about how good the car is now, Kubica's crash has I think really put them right in the brown stuff.

[janneppi]

They would propably do best with an experienced driver alongside Petrov, so Heidfeld might fit in better than one of their younger drivers.

[Stuartf12007]

i would prefer to see Senna in the seat

[DazzlaF1]

They would propably do best with an experienced driver alongside Petrov, so Heidfeld might fit in better than one of their younger drivers.

I dont think it'll be Heidfeld, that would show a bit of a disrespect to the drivers they've already signed up as their reserves. Of that list of reserves, i'd think Grosjean would be the favourite despite being a flop in 2009. Senna would at least bring a full season of experience (albeit in a poor car) so of the 4, i'd prefer to see Senna get it.

[N4D13]

I'd take Heidfeld, then de la Rosa, then Grosjean, then Senna.

If they're going to take Heidfeld or PdlR, it'd be best if they could grab them before the season starts in order to be able to gather their input for car development.